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So you’re saying it still could’ve come from Portuguese??

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From what I’ve researched online, the consensus among linguists is that it is not Portuguese in origin. I haven’t found anyone opining this other than this tumblr user in fact. Anything is possible, but this seems completely ungrounded.

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